Method and apparatus for activating water

ABSTRACT

A process of activating water by leading water to pass through energy concentrated fields which are generated in particles, being composed of a single elementary material selected from a group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or composed of fluorocarbon, of which the single elementary material or the fluorocarbon is placed at a position where wave energy intrinsic to each atom or said fluorocarbon is amplified and constructing activation structural bodies are concurrently carried out with increasing quantity of dissolved oxygen in the water. Water can be activated without externally supplying energy or with a little energy.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for wateractivation. Explaining in further details, the invention provides amethod and an apparatus for the activation wherein energy concentratedfields among particles which are composed of specific atoms aregenerated and the water which passes through or stays in the energyconcentrated fields is activated.

BACKGROUND ART

Water activation has been recently used in the pharmaceutical field, thecosmetic field, the industrial field, the food industrial field, theagriculture field and the homeware application field.

The electrolytic water is prepared by processing tap water in anelectrolysis process wherein an apparatus shown in FIG. 19( a), forexample, is used. The tap water is electrolytic water including calcium,magnesium, sodium, potassium etc. as in chemical compounds of metalsalts.

By using a diaphragm D, the tank T is separated into two cells where ananode E1 and a cathode E2 are placed as shown in FIG. 19 (a). Byapplying the predetermined current to two electrodes E1 and E2, theelectrolytic water is produced.

At the anode E1, the water molecule is decomposed into H++ (hydrogenion), O₂ (oxygen molecule) and e⁻ (electron) and therefore the hydrogenion increases and the oxygen molecule dissolves into water up to thesaturation limit which is determined by the water temperature. In thiscase, ozone, O₂ radicals and oxidizing ions that have oxidation effectsare generated. If the electrolytes such as sodium chlorides arepresented in the water, the materials derived from the electrolytes areproduced, wherein acid water is produced at the anode. Therefore, acidwater is prepared at the anode.

On the other hand, OH— (hydroxide) increases by a reaction of electron(e⁻) and H2 (hydrogen molecule), and is dissolved into water. The waterat the cathode E2 features that the inclusion of the material, such asoxygen which relates to the oxidation, extremely decreases. Alkalimetals may be presented in water, where some portion of the alkalimetals such as calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium is attracted to thecathode E2. Therefore, it is the feature of the cathode E2 that the ionsof these alkali metals dissolve in the water at the cathode E2.

The alkali metal ions dissolved in the water close to the cathode E2keeps high digestive property in comparison to the corresponding salts(originally presented in the tap water) such as sodium chloride andcalcium carbonate.

The apparatus that produces the electrolytic water are classified intotwo kinds: “an alkali ion water producer” (see FIG. 19 (b)) thatelectrolyzes tap water, pure water and mineral water etc. as they are,and “a strong oxidizing water producer” (see FIG. 19 (c)) thatelectrolyzes the electrolytic water such as the water including sodiumchloride and calcium chloride.

Alkali ion water is obtained from the electrolyzed water at the cathodewherein the water is the tap water purified through the water purifieras shown in FIG. 19 (b).

The water supplied by tap water 201 is sent to the water purifier 202and the mold-malodorant, trihalomethane etc. are removed(pre-treatment). The pre-treated water is sent to an electrolytic tank203 which is constructed with the electrodes E1 and E2 and a diaphragmD. The water sent to the electrolytic tank 203 is electrolyzed, and twokinds of water are prepared which are deviated in the pH; one is theoxidizing ion rich water and the other the reducing ion rich water closeto the anode E1 and the cathode E2, respectively.

These two kinds of water flow into two different flow paths (a mainsupply hose 204 and a drain hose 205). The alkali ion water from thecathode cell goes to the alkali ion water faucet attached to the watertap through the supply hose 204. The acid water from the anode cell issent and drained, for example, into a kitchen sink.

It is told that the alkali ion water prepared in this process can beused for various purposes. To begin with, the applications may be homecooking and home use as follows.

1. Rice Steaming

It is believed that the alkali ion water is preferable for boilingvegetables. The steamed surface of the rice grain becomes lustrous. Thetaste is not degraded after the steamed rice is cooled down. Therefore,it is said such steamed rice using alkali ion water is suitable for riceballs and cool lunches.

2. Heat Cooking

The alkali ion water is preferred to be used for heat cooking ofvegetables. For example, the root vegetables are boiled or steamed withthe alkali ion water, then they are cooked well, while still maintainingthe outer shapes. The boiling water is drained out and recovered, sothat clear vegetable soup is obtained. Therefore the alkali ion water issaid to be suitable for cooking soup, curry, stew and vegetable chowder.

3. Soaking

The alkali ion water is said to be effective for soaking dried foods andpeas. The peas can, for example, be boiled in about ⅔ the time that isnecessary for boiling them in tap water. Another example is driedmushrooms, which can be soaked in water in as little as 10 to 20minutes.

4. Removing Harshness

The alkali ion water is said to be effective for use in removingharshness from vegetables. For examples, burdocks, eggplants, lotusroots, udo plants and butterburs can be shortly processed for removingharshness by soaking in water after cutting into suitable pieces. It issaid that spinach can be boiled to remove harshness enough in a clearcolor.

5. Preparing Stock

When the stock of dried sea weeds, dried bonitos or dried sardines isprepared, the alkali ion water is said to make thicker but clearer soupin comparison to using tap water.

6. Making Tea and Coffee

Since the alkali ion water has the characteristic of high extraction, itis preferred to use the alkali ion water to maintain good taste when ahalf quantity of tea or coffee is consumed in comparison to when anormal quantity is consumed.

7. Diluting Alcohol Drinking

The alkali ion water is said to be preferably used to dilute analcoholic beverage (in other words, prepare whisky-and-water). Since thealkali ion water is quickly digested in the stomach or bowel, awhisky-and-water, prepared using alkali ion water, is felt to be lessheavy in the stomach in comparison to using mineral water or tap waterfor the dilution.

8. Removing Activated Oxygen

The detailed reasons have not been clarified, but there is a lot ofexperimental data that activated oxygen can be removed by constantlydrinking alkali ion water.

However, the known electrolytic apparatus to prepare the electrolyticwater has problems that the apparatus consumes a lot of electric powerand the apparatus is complicated.

On the other hand the strong acid water is produced from the water inthe anode cell by electrolyzing the tap water into which salt is put.For example, the production is done by the apparatus as shown in FIG. 19(c). The strong acid water production apparatus 300 has no purifier buta measuring and adding apparatus 301 that measures and adds theelectrolyte such as sodium chloride (NaCl).

In the industrial direct-water-supply type strong acid productionapparatus 300, for example, the predetermined quantity of theelectrolyte is measured and added to the water from water tap 302. Thewater to which a predetermined quantity of the electrolyte is measuredand added (for example sodium chloride) is sent to a mixer 303 whereinthe electrolytic water is agitated and made homogenous.

Then the electrolytic water is sent to the electrolytic tank 304 (seethe details of the electrolytic tank 304 in FIG. 19 (a)).

The aqua electrolytic media in the electrolytic tank 304 produces thechloride compounds in a target quantity and is electrolyzed under acontrol to maintain constant pH and the oxidation-reduction potential(ORP).

In addition, the strong acid water production apparatus, such as forhome use and portable use, has a tank shape type as is and a diaphragmand electrodes are included therein. No measuring and adding apparatus301 or mixer 303 is used. The electrolytic process is done after theusers prepare the electrolytic water and put the prepared electrolyticwater into the electrolytic tank.

It is said that the strong acid water prepared in the above process canbe effective, for example, for the use of bactericiding, pasteurizing,sterilizing. The bacteria dic by exposing to the strong acid water for aperiod of time longer than 30 seconds if the bacteria has weak drugresistance and for 2 minutes even if the bacteria has strong drugresistance.

However, the preparation such that the electrolytic water is prepared byusing strong acid water production apparatus 300, and there is a problemthat a large amount of electric power is consumed in electrolyzing waterand the apparatus is complex.

Water magnetization and electromagnetic processes have been used for thepurpose of water activation by means of refining cluster of water. Thewater molecule is made of two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom as H2O.However a plurality of water molecules (H2O) are combined into a clusterthrough the hydrogen bonding of two adjacent hydrogen atoms. In otherwords, the presence of water is not in a scheme of a single watermolecule but in a large block such that the water molecules are linkedthrough the hydrogen bonding (the block is called a cluster; a clusterof tap water is composed of 30 to 50 water molecules).

The electromagnetic waves or far infrared lights are applied to thewater that is formed in a cluster including many water moleculescombined by hydrogen bonding and the hydrogen bonding is de-combinedinto small clusters of water by the resonance.

The smaller the block of water molecules, in other words, the smallerthe cluster of water, then the larger the enthalpy of the water, or inother words, resulting in more water activation. Because the energy tobond the block of water molecules into a cluster is small when thecluster size is small and therefore the block of water molecules is easyto move. A small cluster of water provides the following generaleffects;

-   1. Effects to reduce electrical conductivity-   2. Effects to concentrate and subside micro particles forming a    colloidal suspension (therefore suppressing the colloidal suspension    and increasing the clearness of water)-   3. Effect to suppress outbreak of algae-   4. Effect to increase the dissolved oxygen-   5. Effect to suppress the generation of rust and scale-   6. Effect to accelerate the growths of water creatures as fish and    waterweeds

According to these point of views, a magnetization apparatus as shown inFIG. 20 has been developed.

This apparatus 400 has a main body including an inlet 402 of thewater-in and an outlet 403 of the water-out and a strong magnet filledwith neodymium, cobalt, niobium etc. as activated materials.

The water H2O (large) which is led from the water tap to the inlet 402has a large cluster. The cluster is de-combined into small clusteredwater H2O (small) by an MHD reaction (Magnet Hydro Reaction) of strongmagnetization metals and the cluster of water becomes small and thewater may be drained out from the outlet 403.

By using this apparatus, it is possible to de-combine a cluster intosmaller clusters without outer energy supply.

However, the effect to de-combine the cluster of water by activatingthis strong magnetic metal is not sufficient and there is a strongrequirement to further de-combine the clusters.

Moreover, this apparatus makes a strong magnetic contact between thewater and the metal. However direct contact of the metals to the watergenerates oxide metals and metal chlorides by reaction with the oxygenand salts dissolved in the water. Then there is a problem that the oxidemetals and metal chlorides are dissolved into water.

Furthermore, another problem is that these metals are expensive and theapparatus becomes expensive as well.

The reference (Japanese Published Patent Application 2001-220306)describes the invention that uses predetermined photosynthetic bacteriaintroduced into the water to be processed and that increases thedissolved oxygen.

The introduction of the predetermined photosynthetic bacteria canactivate the water creatures and reduce BOD/COD of water as well asremove anaerobic bacteria presented in the water.

However, the activation of such bacteria depends on the ambienttemperature and the exposure to the sun shine and is not stable.Therefore, a stable apparatus to produce activated water is difficult asfar as using such bacteria. Also the application of the apparatus islimited due to the use of bacteria.

Therefore the object of the present invention is to provide wateractivation method and water activation apparatus that activate waterwithout supplying external energy or with supplying little externalenergy.

The present inventor has already filed a patent application (JapanesePatent Application; 2001-0271734) that allows the activation ofmaterials by high energy which is generated between particles once theparticles composed of the predetermined metals are formed into anarrangement of the predetermined alignment.

According to this invention, particles composed of a single elementarymaterial selected from a group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samariumor fluorocarbon are placed at a position where the wave energy intrinsicto each atom or the fluorocarbon is amplified, and the activationstructural body, that has a field of concentrated energy, generates highenergy. In other words, the invention describes that it is possible toactivate various materials which pass by and stay in the field of theconcentrated energy.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

The present invention has been provided on the basis of such knowledgeand findings, and the invention has been completed by such a findingthat a water activation apparatus, which is configured in such astructure that the activation structural body is placed in apredetermined position and in a predetermined container, can solve theabove problem.

The first water activation method according to the present inventionfeatures to increase the quantity of dissolved oxygen in the processedwater as well as (concurrently) activate the water by leading the wateror the aqua media to pass or leaving it to stay in the field which ismade by the energy concentrated fields in the activation structuralbody, which has fields of energy concentration generated betweenneighboring particles, and which are placed at a position where the waveenergy intrinsic to each atom or the fluorocarbon of the particles isamplified, and wherein the particles are composed of a single elementarymaterial selected from a group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samariumor fluorocarbon.

By using such activation structural body, it is possible to activatewater without externally supplying the energy or with supplying littleenergy.

Since the quantity of the dissolved oxygen is increased in the activatedwater, the activated water is preferably used for various applications.

The second water activation method according to the present inventionfeatures to increase the quantity of dissolved oxygen in the water orthe aqua media by leading the water or the aqua media to pass through orleaving it to stay in the field, which is made by the energyconcentrated fields in the activation structural body, which has fieldsof energy concentration generated between neighboring particles, andwhich are placed at a position where the wave energy intrinsic to eachatom or the fluorocarbon of the particles is amplified, and wherein theparticles are composed of a single elementary material selected from agroup of silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or fluorocarbon.

It is possible to activate the water by leading the water or aqua mediapassing by the strong energy concentrated fields which are generatedbetween the activated portions constructed by the activation structuralbodies or preferably in the gaps of the activated portions locating atthe tops of the triangles.

This water activation method is effective mainly for refining theclusters of the water.

The first water activation apparatus of the present invention comprisesa water tank to activate water or aqua media and at least one activationpart which is set in the water tank, wherein said activation part isconstructed by an activation structural body, which has an energyconcentrated field between particles, which are composed of a singleelementary material selected from a group of silicon, titanium, nickeland samarium or composed of fluorocarbon, of which single elementarymaterial or fluorocarbon is placed at a position where wave energyintrinsic to each atom or said fluorocarbon is amplified.

By using such activation structural body, it is possible to activatewater without externally supplying the energy or with supplying littleenergy.

Since the quantity of the dissolved oxygen is increased in the activatedwater, the activated water is preferably used for various applications.

The second water activation apparatus of the present invention comprisesa housing having, a water supply tap, and a drain, and a wateractivation part attached to a circumference of said housing or insertedto an inside of said housing, wherein the activation part is constructedby an activation structural body which has an energy concentrated fieldbetween particles, wherein the activation structural body is made ofparticles composed of a single elementary material selected from a groupof silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or composed of fluorocarbon,of which the single elementary material or fluorocarbon is placed at aposition where wave energy intrinsic to each atom or said fluorocarbonis amplified.

It is possible to activate the water by leading the water or aqua mediapassing by the strong energy concentrated fields which are generatedbetween the activated portions constructed by the activation structuralbodies or preferably in the gaps of the activated portions locating atthe tops of the triangles.

This water activation method is effective mainly for refining theclusters of the water.

The word “activation” implies to give energy to the processed materialsuch as molecules and atoms. Therefore it implies that the word“activation” implies to excite molecules and atoms.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective drawing that shows an example of theconfiguration of activation structural body. FIG. 1 (a) is a perspectivedrawing that shows an overall view of the activation structural body.FIG. 1 (b) is a perspective drawing that shows an example of thefundamental configuration shown in FIG. 1 (a) and FIG. 1 (c) is aperspective drawing that shows an overall view of the activationstructural body. FIG. 1 (d) is a perspective drawing that shows anexample of fundamental configuration of activation structural body.

FIGS. 2 (a) and (b) are electron microscopic photos of the shapes ofparticles that construct the activation structural body and the shapesof the particles for comparison.

FIG. 3 is a drawing that shows a preferable structure of the activationstructural body. FIG. 3 (a) is a perspective drawing that shows theoriginal shape before forming the activation structural body into an Itype structure. FIG. 3 (b) is a perspective drawing that shows anL-shaped plate construction of the activation structural body. FIG. 3(c) is a perspective drawing that shows a U-shaped plate construction ofthe activation structural body. FIG. 3 (d) is a perspective drawing thatshows an S-shaped plate construction of the activation structural body.

FIG. 4 (a)-(c) are electron microscopic photos that show the shape ofthe particles that construct the activation structural body that isshaped into plate form of the present invention and the shape of theparticles for comparison.

FIG. 5 (a) to FIG. 5 (g) are the perspective drawings that show otherexamples of the shapes of the activation structural body.

FIG. 6( a) to FIG. 6( f) show sectional views of the shapes shown inFIGS. 5( a)-5(f).

FIG. 7 is a cross sectional drawing that shows an example of the wateractivation apparatus filled with the activation structural body(fluidized bed construction).

FIG. 8 (a) to FIG. 8( b) are cross sectional drawings that show anexample of the water activation apparatus filled with the plate-formedactivation apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a cross sectional drawing that shows another example of thewater activation apparatus filled with the plate-formed activationapparatus.

FIG. 10( a) to FIG. 10( b) are cross sectional drawings that showanother example of the water activation apparatus filled with theplate-formed activation apparatus.

FIG. 11( a) to FIG. 11( b) are cross sectional drawings that showanother example of the water activation apparatus filled with theplate-formed activation apparatus.

FIG. 12 is a cross sectional drawing that shows another example of thewater activation apparatus filled with the plate-formed activationapparatus.

FIG. 13( a) to FIG. 13( b) are cross sectional drawings that showanother example of the water activation apparatus filled with theplate-formed activation apparatus.

FIG. 14 is a cross sectional drawing that shows another example of thewater activation apparatus filled with the plate-formed activationapparatus.

FIG. 15 is a perspective drawing that shows an example of method to heatplate-formed activation apparatus (plating).

FIG. 16 is a perspective drawing that shows another example of method toheat plate-formed activation apparatus.

FIG. 17 (a) to (d) are drawings that show other examples of the wateractivation apparatuses regarding the present invention. FIG. 17 (a) is aperspective drawing that shows an overall view of the water activationapparatus. The figures as FIG. 17 (b) to (d) are cross sectionaldrawings that show the examples of filling the activation structuralbody.

FIG. 18 is a schematic that show an experiment to analyze the water.

FIG. 19 is a cross sectional drawing that shows the conventionalelectrolytic water. FIG. 19 (a) is a schematic that shows an apparatusto electrolyze the water. FIG. 19 (b) is a schematic that shows anexample of the apparatuses to produce alkali ion water. FIG. 19 (c) is aschematic that shows an example of the apparatuses to produce strongacid water.

FIG. 20 is a cross sectional drawing that shows an example ofconventional apparatuses that magnetically process the water.

FIG. 21 is ultra-violet spectra that show the results of wateractivation done by the apparatus shown in FIG. 17.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

The implementations of the present invention will be discussed.

(Activation Structural Body)

To begin with, the fundamental composition of the activation structuralbody will be explained by using FIG. 1 and FIG. 2.

(Composing Elements)

The activation structural body according to the present inventioncomprises a group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium. Theselection of these elementary materials has been done in repeatedexperimental works that the inventor did. Silicon, titanium and nickelare metal elements which have the outermost core electron orbits (M, N),an even revolution electron number (2), and hardly reacts with oxygen.Samarium is a rare earth element that has the outermost core electronorbits (M, N), an revolution electron number (2), and hardly reacts withoxygen. Nickel and Samarium have strong magnetization.

The activation structural body of the present invention uses a singleelement among these elementary materials and the purity of the elementsis appropriately selected depending on the kind and the degree ofactivation of the elements to be used. For example, in the case whenhydrogen and oxygen are generated by activating water using theactivation structural body for which silicon is used, the purity ofsilicon may be more than 90% and preferably 95%. The higher the purity,the more preferable the effect that can be obtained. Titanium, nickeland samarium, that is, the other atomic elements which can compose theactivation structural body of the present invention, are preferred tohave the same degrees of purity. In addition, the activation structuralbody of the present invention is generally composed of a singleelementary material, such as silicon only, but the activation structuralbody of the present invention can be composed of combining severalsingle elements.

For the activation structural body regarding the present invention, theabove elements are granulated and the resultant particles are used forthe activation structural body itself. It is preferred the particles mayhave a shape of a globe especially a pearl and the diameter may be inthe range of 5 micrometers to 80 micrometers so as to provide an ease ofbeing located in a predetermined place and an ease of composing theparticles. It is relatively difficult to produce the particles in adiameter which is less than 5 micrometers, and it is relativelydifficult to pass the material through the space between the particles.The space is the energy concentrated field as described later. When thediameter of the particles is larger than 80 micrometers, no sufficientenergy is generated between the particles. Generally it is difficult togenerate the energy of the present invention that activates thematerials.

It is preferred the grain size distribution of the particles is narrowedas much as possible. More specifically, according to the repeatedpreliminary experiments, it has been found a remarkable effect isobtained when the deviation of the grain size is within +/−15micrometers (namely the difference of the large particle and the smallparticle is 30 micrometers).

The method to granulate in such a shape from the specific element of theactivation structural body of the present invention is not specificallylimited but may be the method for composing the particles, which isgenerally known in the field of catalyst manufacturing. For ease ofmanufacturing and for capability of better uniformity of the particleshape, the method of gas atomizing is preferred. However, the activationstructural body of the present invention is not confined in theparticles produced by the method of gas atomizing as far as the aboveshape of particles. For example, other conventional methods such as asol-gel method may be preferably used and the jet crusher may producethe above globe particles. The jet crusher is appropriately used toproduce various kinds of particles used for the activation structuralbody of the present invention since the jet crusher is the generalproduction method to produce the catalyst particle as well as the gasatomizing method.

As shown in FIG. 1, the particle P which is composed of the elementarymaterial selected from a group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samariumis placed in the location to increase the wave energy.

In other words, these elementary materials that are composed into theactivation structural body of the present invention have the intrinsicfrequency when they are ionized as shown in the table 1 from theequation given by E=hv (where E is the ionization energy (eV) of eachelementary material, h is Planck's constant and v is the frequency) andthese elementary materials oscillate the electromagnetic vibration.These electromagnetic oscillations have predetermined perturbations andtherefore it is expected the activation structural body of the presentinvention has an intrinsic vibration in the nominal state. By allocatingthe particles P to the place in order to effectively give the intrinsicvibration to each of these elementary materials, it is expected that thevibration energy is given to the materials that pass through or stay inthe gap S formed between the particle and the materials are activated.

TABLE 1 Atom Ionization Energy (eV) Frequency (×10¹⁵ Hz) Si  8.144 1.971Ni 7.63 1.846 Ti 6.82 1.649 Sm 5.63 1.361

As it has not been well analyzed, but the present inventor has foundfluorocarbon has the similar effect as a metal selected from the groupof silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium by repeated experiments.Therefore, it is concluded the activation structural body includes theparticles which are composed of the fluorocarbon.

The above effect of the activation structural body of the presentinvention has been identified by repeated experiments based on the abovephenomenological and theoretical studies as have been discussed. It hasbeen found a high activation is obtained by placing the particles in thevertexes of a triangle preferably an equilateral triangle, for example,as shown in FIG. 1 (b), when the particles are practically maintained inuniform grain sizes (pearl shapes in identically same diameters).Namely, when a material passes through or stays in the gap S (an energyconcentrated field) between particles P which are composed of thespecific elementary materials, the intrinsic vibration, and perturbationetc. of the activation structural body of the present invention giveshigh energy to the material.

The activation structural body of the present invention places theparticles which are composed of the predetermined elementary materialsat the location of the activation structural body. In addition, theparticles are not necessary to become complete globe shapes in thepractical cases and the grain sizes of the particles are not uniformlythe same and therefore it is difficult to place the particles at thevertexes of the equilateral triangles. The expression used in thepresent invention as, “to place the particles at the vertexes of theequilateral triangles”, implies to include non-idealistic cases asdescribed above as the practical case. The particles are practicallyplaced as shown in FIG. 2 (a) which is a reference figure. The particlesP shown in FIG. 2 (a) are produced by gas atomizing method, filtrated bya mesh with 52 micrometers and then placed after collecting theparticles (with uniformly the same diameters).

As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the triangle space formed by the gap S which issurrounded by the particles has vertices of which angles are formed bythe tangential lines to the particles and are necessary to be less than90 degrees, preferably from 39 to 70.5 degrees and idealistically 60degrees.

As shown in FIG. 1 (d), it has been found the highest activation isobtained when the particle of the present invention is placed in thevertex of the regular tetrahedron. Namely, when a material passesthrough or stays in the gap S (an energy concentrated field) betweenparticles P which are composed of the specific elementary materials, theintrinsic vibration and the perturbation etc. of the activationstructural body of the present invention gives high energy to thematerial through the topology of the regular tetrahedron rather than theequilateral triangle. Similar to the equilateral triangle construction,the particles composed of the predetermined elementary materials areplaced in such a location. In addition, the particles are not necessaryto become complete globe shapes in the practical cases, and the grainsizes of the particles are not uniformly the same and therefore it isdifficult to place the particles at the vertices of the regulartetrahedron.

Accordingly, the expression used in the present invention as, “to placethe particles at the vertices of the regular tetrahedron”, implies toinclude non-idealistic cases as described above in the practical case.The particles are practically placed as shown in FIG. 2 (a) which is areference figure. The particles P shown in FIG. 2 (a) are produced by agas atomizing method, filtrated by a mesh with 52 micrometers and thenplaced after collecting the particles (with uniformly the samediameters).

Analogous to the configuration that the particles are placed at thevertices of the equilateral triangles, the triangles that construct aregular tetrahedron have the triangle space formed by the gap S which issurrounded by the particles has vertices of which angles are formed bythe tangential lines to the particles and are necessary to be less than90 degrees, preferably from 39 to 70.5 degrees and idealistically 60degrees.

The position where the wave energy is amplified is not limited to thevertices of the regular tetrahedrons as far as the intrinsic vibrationand the perturbation etc. of the activation structural body of thepresent invention gives high energy to the material when a materialpasses through or stays in the gap S (an energy concentrated field)between particles P which are composed of the specific elementarymaterials. In other words, when the particles which have an irregularshape, for example, as shown in FIG. 2 (b) are placed at random, theintrinsic vibrations to each elementary material are mutually cancelledand it becomes difficult for a high energy field to be generated in thegaps between two particles, and no water activation is generated. Theparticles P shown in FIG. 2 (a) are produced by gas atomizing method,filtrated by a mesh with 52 micrometers and then placed after collectingthe particles (with uniformly the same diameters).

(Plate Activation Structural Body)

A plate activation structural body is used for a preferredimplementation of the present invention. The plate activation structuralbody is explained by using FIG. 3 and FIG. 4.

(Composition of Plate Activation Structural Body)

The present activation structural body is provided by forming the aboveparticles into the plate activation structural body by means ofpressing, sintering etc. Namely, as shown in FIG. 1 (a), the particles Pwhich are composed of a single elementary material selected from a groupof silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium or fluorocarbon are placed atvertices of equilateral triangles or the vertices of the regulartetrahedrons, where the wave energy intrinsic to each atom or thefluorocarbon of the particles is amplified.

In response to the structure of the water activation apparatus which isconstructed with the plate activation structural body, the plateactivation structural body is formed into an L type as shown in FIG. 3(b), a U type as shown in FIG. 3 (c) and an S type as shown in FIG. 3(d). The plate activation structural body in this invention does notimply the strict shapes but fabrication of the activation structuralbody with a predetermined thickness, width and length. The terminologies“an L type”, “a U type” and “an S type” are not necessary to be strictshapes as “an L type”, “a U type” and “an S type”. For example, theplate activation structural body of “a U type” can be in a shape ofthree planar plates which are combined in right angles without anycurved surfaces.

The plate activation structural body of the present invention forms alarge amount of the gap S which is the field of energy concentrationbetween the particles P (the preferable shape of the gap is not shownsince it may be the same as the particles for the above activationstructural body). In other words, even being formed into the plateshapes, the same activation effect of the materials is obtained as faras the particles P which are composed of a single elementary materialselected from a group of silicon, titanium, nickel and samarium orfluorocarbon are placed at the position where the wave energy intrinsicto each atom or the fluorocarbon of the particles is amplified.

However, if the above particles are placed out of the range specified inthe present invention, that is, in random, the activation effects of theactivation structural body of the present invention is not obtained eventhere is a certain gap between two particles.

Various physical dimensions of the plate activation structural body ofthe present invention are used for the application. In order toeffectively lead (for passing through or staying in) the water or theaqua media into the energy concentrated field, the thickness of theplate should be 350 to 1500 micrometers and preferably 500 to 1000micrometers (so that the particles that compose the activationstructural body of the present invention have 5 to 15 layers ofthickness). When the plate thickness is less than the above range, theplate activation structural body of the present invention becomesfragile and more careful handling is required. When the plate thicknessis more than the above range, the water or the aqua media cannot be ledinto the energy concentrated field in the plate activation structuralbody.

It is preferred that the porosity is in the range of 45 to 60% of thetotal structure, especially about 50%. When the plate activationstructural body uses the porosity of the above range, the water or theaqua media can be led into the energy concentrated field and beprocessed therein. When the porosity of the activation structural bodyis larger than the above range, high pressure is necessary to processthe water or the aqua media, there is a possibility that the plateactivation structural body may be broken or the foreign materials in thewater or the aqua media may become jammed in the energy concentratedfields. Reversely, when the porosity of the plate activation structuralbody is smaller than the above range, the time for the water or the aquamedia to pass through or to stay in the energy concentrated fields isnot sufficient, and activation cannot be obtained. The most preferableporosity of the plate activation structural body is about 50%.

(Activation Structural Body with the Other Shapes)

In the other preferable implementations of the present invention, theactivation structural body of the present invention can use variousshapes other than plate activation structural body as explained above.As for these plate activation structural bodies, we will explain thedetails by using FIG. 5 and FIG. 6.

The plate activation structural bodies of the present invention can beformed in various shapes as shown in the figures other than the plateactivation structural bodies as explained above. For example, a starshape (as Portugal “confeito”) FIG. 5 (a)), a disc shape (FIG. 5 (b)), aplate shape with at least one hole (FIG. 5 (c)), a globe shape (FIG. 5(d)), spheroid shape (FIG. 5 (e)), a gourd shape (FIG. 5 (f)), a honeycomb shape (FIG. 5 (g)) etc. are possible to be adopted. In other words,the activation structural bodies of the present invention is formed intothe similar shapes and physical dimensions of the conventional catalystas shown in FIG. 5 (a) to FIG. 5 (g), and then it is possible to treatin the similar way as the conventional catalyst particles. Also it ispossible to exploit the reactor apparatus using the conventionalcatalysts to the water activation apparatus using the activationstructural body of the present invention.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6 (a) to FIG. 6 (f), the activationstructural body (activation structure) of the present invention as shownfor example in FIG. 5 (a) to FIG. 5 (f) can be formed on the materialsthat are less reactive to the particles regarding the present inventionor the metals that have high specific heat, wherein the materials andthe metals are shown in the hatched portions in FIG. 6 (a) to FIG. 6(f). In these formations, it is possible to manufacture the activationstructural body under low cost, or to effectively ease the thermalexchange between the activation structural body and the water or theaqua media when high thermal conduction metals are used.

The methods for coating the activation structural body of the presentinvention onto the cores are realized by the conventionally knownmethods such as dip and dry method and spray and dry method.

(Manufacturing of Activation Structural Body)

The manufacturing methods of the activation structural body and plateactivation structural body will be explained as follows.

(Manufacturing of Particles: Step a)

To begin with, the particles made of fluorocarbon or the predeterminedelementary material which is the fundamental compound of the activationstructural body will be explained. The forming method of the particlesis as follows.

For example, the particles are formed into a globe shape, especially ina shape of pearls by using well-known methods in the catalyst such asgas atomizing method, sol-gel method, jet mill crushing method, etc.

(Anti-Electrostatic Process: Step b)

In the next step, the particles manufactured in the above step areprocessed to have anti-electrostatic properties for the purpose of easyplacement of the particles amongst their alignments. The manufacturedparticles may not be placed at the predetermined positions due to theattraction forces or the repulsion forces generated by theelectrostatic. The anti-electrostatic process is carried out by givingboth positive ions and negative ions to the particles.

(Sinter Process: Step c)

The particles made of the predetermined elementary materials as chargedas above or the particles composed of hydrogen fluoride are placed asshown in FIG. 1 (a) and are sintered in a predetermined shape. Thesintering conditions are that the temperature is below the melting pointtemperature and sinter forming temperature (for example, 1200 to 1300°C. when silicon is used) of the elementary atom or fluorocarbon thatgranulates to be used and the time is 2.5 to 3.5 hours, sinter pressureis 12 to 25 MPa (the forming is carried out by CIP (Cold IsostaticPress) since fluorocarbon is not directly sintered). In this sintercondition, the plate activation structural body of the present inventionas shown in FIG. 3 may have the alignment as shown in FIG. 1 (b). It ispossible to obtain the activation structural body that has structures asshown in FIG. 5 other than the plate shapes of the present invention.

It is a feature that no binder is used in the sinter forming process,which is different from the conventional sinter process. In other words,by the sinter process using the conventional binder, the activationstructural body or the activation structure of the present invention ishardly produced wherein the uniform energy concentration is maintained,since the impurity derived from the binder is attached to the surface ofthe particles and the activation of the particles may be lost. Ofcourse, if the space between the particles of the present invention canbe placed and the attachment of the impurity to the particle surface isprevented, it is possible to carry out the sinter forming with thebinder and the manufacturing method of the present invention is notrestricted by using or not using the binder. The sinter temperature whenthe binder is used is higher than the decomposing temperature of thebinder.

The water activation process and the water activation apparatus will beexplained as follows.

(Water Activation (Excitation))

It is possible to activate water and aqua media by using the activationstructural body. The word “aqua medium” implies the water that includeswater soluble or mixable materials, such as electrolyte materials assodium chloride, the polar solvent such as a lower alcohol, aqua mediaincluding sugars and glycogenic material as various other materials thansugars, lactiferous liquid and the suspension water. The effluent andother exhaust water are included in “aqua medium”.

The water or the water medium is particularly selected and it isactivated by the activation structural body of the present invention anda mixed gas including hydrogen gas, oxygen gas and nitrogen gas. Themixed gas including oxygen and nitrogen is obtained by segregatinghydrogen gas from the mixed gas obtained in this activation. Therefore,it is possible to produce air by processing water or water medium withthe activation structural body

The water activation method of the present invention is classified into(1) a method to lead the water or the water medium passing through andstaying in the energy concentrated field in the activation structuralbody of the present invention and (2) a method to lead the water or thewater medium passing through and staying in the gaps in the activationportion which is constructed by the activation structural body of thepresent invention. The method (1) is effective to increase the quantityof dissolved oxygen in the water at the same time to prepare theelectrolytic water and the method (2) is effective to refine the clusterof the water. Of course, the combination of the methods (1) and (2)covers the technical range or scope of the present invention.

Water Activation (1):

(Preparatory Process: Removing Foreign Materials and Heating etc.)

To begin with, when the foreign materials are presented in the water orthe aqua media that may clog the energy concentrated field in theactivation structural body of the present invention, it is preferredthat the water or the aqua media are led to pass through the activationstructural body of the present invention after the foreign materials(for example, sands, micro particles presented in the brine when thebrine is used) are removed by being aggregated, precipitated orfiltrated. After removal of the foreign materials, the water or the aquamedia can be led to pass through the activation structure of the presentinvention.

After the above process, the water or the aqua media are effectivelyused as the water that is the conventional electrolytic water (alkaliion water or strong acid water) or the conventional water which isincreased with the quantity of dissolved oxygen.

Moreover, being different from the conventional technology, it ispossible to increase the quantity of dissolved oxygen without using amicroorganism, as well as to prepare the electrolytic water with lessenergy than by electrolysis.

Water Activation (2):

It is possible to refine the cluster of the water by leading the wateror the aqua media to pass through the gaps formed by the activationportion preferably placed in the convexes of the triangles.

The water which is subjected to the cluster refinement can beeffectively used, as well as the conventional water which is magnetized.For this process, being different from the case when the apparatus shownin the conventional technology is used, it is possible to decompose thecluster of water without direct contact to the magnetic metals. It isfurther possible to effectively refine the cluster of water by modifyingthe placement of the activation structural body.

(Water Activation Apparatus (1): Examples of Particle ActivationStructural Body and Particle Activation Structure)

Preparing the fluidized bed construction generally used in theconventional catalyst fields or the reactor R, which has the fluidizedbed construction with the activation structure P in a container that hasinlet (in) and outlet (out) as shown in FIG. 7, it is possible toactivate the water or the aqua media by leading it to pass through orstay therein. Therefore in the water activation apparatus of the presentinvention, it is possible to place the particle in a way that may bedynamically changing.

When the water activation apparatus of the present invention isconstructed with the fluidized bed construction, the fluidized bedgenerates turbulent flow in the water and the aqua medium as thefluidized bed functions as a turbulent flow mechanism. When the wateractivation apparatus is constructed with the fixed bed construction, aturbulent generation mechanism (not shown in the figures) is prepared.As the result, the contact areas of the particle activation structuralbody or the activation structure as shown in FIG. 5 (a) to (f) againstthe water or the aqua media increase. In other words, the possibility(probability) that the water or the aqua media pass through or stays inthe energy concentrated field of the particle activation structural bodyor the possibility (probability) that the water or the aqua media passthrough the energy concentrated field of the particle activationstructural body becomes high, and therefore the effective activation ofthe water or the aqua media become possible.

As being well-known in this technical field, it is in the scope of thepresent invention that the water or the aqua media are pre-activated bythe activation structure as shown in FIG. 5 (a) to (f) in a preparatoryprocess, and then the water or the aqua media are activated by theactivation structure as shown in FIG. 5 (a) to (f) as the main process.

(Water Activation Apparatus (1): a Planar Activation Structure)

In a specific implementation of execution of the present invention, thewater activation apparatus regarding the present invention has aconstruction such that a planar activation structure is set in a watertank.

The embodiments of these implementations are explained with FIG. 8 toFIG. 14 as follows.

The figures as FIG. 8 to FIG. 14 show cross sectional views ofapparatuses that activate water or aqua media with a preliminary thermalheating means.

As shown in FIG. 8 to FIG. 14, the water activation apparatus of thepresent invention is mainly constructed with the water tank 2 that has aplanar activation structural body I and processes water or aqua media.

The water activation apparatus shown in FIG. 8 is an activationapparatus with a fundamental construction design that processes water oraqua media. The water activation apparatus shown in FIG. 8( a) is anembodiment that has a planar activation structural body set verticallyin the water tank 2 and the water activation apparatus shown in FIG. 8(b) is another embodiment of the present invention that has a planaractivation structural body is set to separate the water tank 2 in theupper portion and the lower portion. The water activation apparatuses asshown in FIG. 8( a) and FIG. 8 (b) are the apparatuses that are designedunder assuming gaseous generation in activating mainly water or aquamedia therein.

In the water activation apparatus 1 as shown in FIG. 8 (a), the planaractivation structural body is set in such an arrangement that thelongitudinal direction of the cross section of the planar activationapparatus is vertically placed. Water or aqua media are activated byleading them passing through or staying in the energy concentrated fieldunder the water activation apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 8 (a). On the otherhand, in the water activation apparatus 1 a as shown in FIG. 8 (b), theplanar activation structural body is set in such an arrangement thatwater or aqua media pass the inner and the longitudinal direction of thecross section of the planar activation apparatus. Water or aqua mediaare activated by leading them to pass through or stay in the energyconcentrated field under the water activation apparatus shown in FIG. 8(b).

The water activation apparatus 1 as shown in FIG. 8 (a) has aconstruction such that the plural planar activation structural bodies I(I type) are placed in parallel in a water tank 2. The water tank 2 hasa gas outlet 3 in order to purge the gases generated in the activationprocess of water or aqua media. The generated gases have been analyzedand it has been found that the gases include large extent of hydrogen,oxygen and nitrogen gases. When the planar activation structural bodyactivates water at the energy concentrated field into which the water isled, the generated gases do not stay at the energy concentrated field,but are suspended upward as a state of gaseous bubbles. The rising ofthe gaseous bubbles generated at the energy concentrated field generatedconvection of water or aqua media is shown by the arrows in FIG. 8 (a).According to such generation of water or aqua media, the gaseous bubblespurged when water or aqua media are activated by the planar activationstructural body I do not stay in the energy concentrated field for longa time, but quickly float up to the surface of water or aqua media.

As explained above, the construction may be such that the activationstructural body, which is placed along the longitudinal cross section ofthe planar activation structural body, which can effectively activatewater or aqua media by leading water or aqua media passing through orstaying in the energy concentrated fields of the activation structuralbody.

On the other hand, the water activation apparatus 1 a as shown in FIG. 8(b) has a construction such that the water tank 2 is separated intoupward and downward directions by the planar activation structural body.

In order to separate the water tank 2 into upward and downwarddirections, the simplest construction is to separate the water tank 2 bya planar activation structural body I set in parallel to the bottom ofthe water tank 2 (not shown in the figures). The construction such thatthe planar activation structural body is vertically set against thewater tank 2 as well as the water tank 2 being separated into upward anddownward directions against the planar activation structural body, ispreferred for the convection of water and aqua media.

The water activation apparatus 1 a shown in FIG. 8 (b) has theconstruction such that the planar activation structural body isvertically set against the water tank 2, as well as the water tank 2being separated in upward and downward directions against the planaractivation structural body. That is, the construction is that thehorizontal plane of the water tank is cut-off by the combination of anS-shaped planar activation structural body S, or an I-shaped planaractivation structural body I, or an L-shaped planar activationstructural body L, or a U-shaped planar activation structural body U(the activation apparatus is generically named as activation structuralbody S).

The water activation apparatus 1 a may be constructed such as shown inFIG. 8 (b). Gases may be generated by activating the water that invadesinto the energy concentrated field at the activation structural body S,where the gases including hydrogen are generated by activating, forexample, water using the energy concentrated field. The generated gasesdo not stay in the energy concentrated field but rise upward as gaseousbubbles. The rising of the gaseous bubbles generated at the energyconcentrated field generates convection of water or aqua media as shownby the arrows in FIG. 8 (b).

Since the activation structural body S separates the water tank 2 inupward and downward directions in a horizontal plane, the gaseousbubbles generated by the water activation pass the activation structuralbody S and rise to float. In such a construction of the apparatus, theprobability of the water or aqua media to invade into the energyconcentrated fields and the activation rate (reaction rate) increases insuch structure.

The preferred implementation of the water activation apparatus that hassuch a fundamental construction will be explained by using FIG. 8 toFIG. 16. In the explanation of the following application, the commonexplanation covering the water activation apparatus 1 of whichconstruction is shown in FIG. 8 (a) and the water activation apparatus 1a of which construction is shown in FIG. 8 (b) is given by explainingthe water activation apparatus 1 of which construction is shown in FIG.8 (a) and the water activation apparatus 1 a of which construction isshown in FIG. 8 (b) is cancelled.

The water activation apparatus 1 c as shown in FIG. 9 is a wateractivation apparatus that has a construction to generate a convection ofwater or aqua media by heating the water or the aqua media. The wateractivation apparatus 1 c is applicable to the water activation apparatus1 which has an arrangement that the activation structural body is set inthe cross sectional length direction planar activation structural body Ishown in FIG. 8 (a) and the water activation apparatus 1 c whichactivates the materials by leading the water or aqua media to passthrough the activation structural body.

The water activation apparatus 1 c as shown in FIG. 9 comprises pluralplanar activation structural bodies I in parallel and the water tank 2which has heating means separately set between the planar activationstructural bodies I. The quantities of the planar activation structuralbodies I and heating means are not specifically limited but preferablyselected to meet the requirements by the kinds of water or aqua mediaand the capacity of the water tank 2.

In this construction, the radiation heat emitted from the heating means4 as the heating element is absorbed by the water or the aqua mediawhich is a fluid approximate to the heating element and then theconvection of water or aqua media is generated. When convection isgenerated in the water or the aqua media, the probability that the wateror the aqua media pass through the energy concentrated fields (not shownin the figures) increases and the activation of the water or the aquamedia is accelerated.

The example of heating by the planar activation structural body is shownin FIG. 15 and FIG. 16.

That is, FIG. 15 is a perspective schematic that shows an example ofmethods to directly heat the planar heating structure. FIG. 16 isanother perspective schematic that shows another example of methods todirectly heat the planar heating structure.

The heating means 4 that heats the planar activation structural body asshown in FIG. 15 is constructed in such a way that the planar activationstructural body I is heated by applying voltage of the voltage supply PSthrough a conductive cable to the planar activation structural body Iwhich is plated with hetero conductive metals.

The thickness of the plated hetero conductive metals is selected so asnot to block the operation of the activation structural body, such as 3to 5 micro meters. The partial plating is effective for heating.

The heating means 4 as shown in FIG. 9 may be attached to all of fiveplanar activation structural bodies as shown in FIG. 9. It can bepossible that the heating means is placed in a part of the activationstructural body or in every 2 pieces of the planar activation structuralbodies. In a case when the heating means 4 as shown in FIG. 15 isapplied to the plural planar activation structural bodies 1, all of theplanar activation structural bodies are connected in parallel or inserial by conductive cables and a single power supplier or a pluralityof separated power suppliers are used to apply voltage.

In this construction, it is possible to freely control the heat value ofthe planar activation structural body I. Since the convection of wateror aqua media can be controlled by freely changing the heat value, it ispossible to control the activation rate of material. The control of theactivation rate of the material by this method is easier in comparisonwith the water activation apparatus 1 and activation apparatus 1 a whichnaturally generate convection as shown in FIG. 8.

The heating means 4 shown in FIG. 16 has a construction such that aheating element HE is set between the planar activation structuralbodies I.

The heating element HE is necessary to be porous in order to effectivelylead the water or the aqua media to the energy concentrated fields. Itis possible to select such porous heating elements HE can be selectedfrom the well-know products.

Since the convection of water or aqua media is possible by controllingthe heating value of the heating elements, it is possible to control theactivation rate of materials. The control of the activation rate ofmaterials is easier in comparison to the water activation apparatus 1and water activation apparatus 1 a as shown in FIG. 8.

The heating means 4 as shown in FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 can obtain thesimilar effect by applying the similar construction to the planaractivation structural body set in the vertical direction of the planaractivation structural body S in the activation apparatus 1 a as shown inFIG. 8 (b).

(Application Example 2: Indirect Heating of the Activation StructuralBody)

The water activation apparatus as shown in FIG. 10 comprises the watertank 2 in which a planar activation structural body I (S) is placed andthe heating means 4 to externally heat the water or the aqua media inthe tank 2.

The water activation apparatus 1 d as shown in FIG. 10 (a) is an exampleof the construction such that the heating means 4 is attached to thewater tank 2. For example, it may be possible to attach the heatingmeans 4 to the side walls of the water tank 2 or to attach the heatingmeans in a way to cover the entire surface of the water tank 2. Thewater activation apparatus 1 e has a construction to mold the externalheating device as heating means 4 with the water tank 2 into a singlebody. This construction is similar to the construction such that a gasburner heats water in a bath tub.

Being different from the water activation apparatus 1 c directly heatingthe planar activation structural body as shown in FIG. 9, the wateractivation apparatuses 1 d and 1 e as shown in FIG. 10 use the method toindirectly heat the planar activation structural body I. Due to thisconstruction, the convection of water or aqua media is generated in thewater tank 2 as similar to the water activation apparatus 1 c shown inFIG. 9. The probability that the water or the aqua media pass throughthe energy concentrated fields (not shown in the figures) increases andthe activation of the water or the aqua media is accelerated.

Since it is possible to control the convection of the water or the aquamedia by controlling the heat value of the heating elements, it ispossible to easily control the activation rate similarly as shown inFIG. 9.

The water activation apparatus 1 f as shown in FIG. 11 is a wateractivation apparatus that has a construction to control the relativeheight of the surface level of water or aqua media. By controlling therelative height of the surface level of water or aqua media, the contactarea of the planar activation structural body I with the water or theaqua media can be changed. Therefore, it is possible to adjust theactivation rate by changing the reactive volume.

The apparatuses of this sort of activation apparatus can have two typesof construction. The first type is the water activation apparatus 1 f asshown in FIG. 11 (a), which has such a construction that the externaltank 5 and the water tank 2 are molded into a single unit and thesurface level of the water or the aqua media is changed thereby. In thewater activation apparatus 1 f as shown in FIG. 11 (a), the externaltank 5 changes the liquid quantity (volume) in the objective water tank2 by a liquid quantity adjustment means (a liquid quantity valve etc.)which is not shown in the figures. By this means, the contact areabetween the planar activation structural body I and water and aqua mediachange in accordance with the liquid quantity. In other words, thevolume of the planar activation structural body I soaked in the water orthe aqua media changes. The absolute volume of the water or the aquamedia passing to the energy concentrated fields of the activationstructural body I thus changes with the volume of the planar activationstructural body I soaked in water.

The second type is the water activation apparatus as shown in FIG. 11(b), wherein the planar activation structural body I is vertically (inthe direction of the height) moved by a vertical moving means 5′.

The water activation apparatus 1 g as shown in FIG. 11 (b) is, differentfrom the water activation apparatus if shown in FIG. 11 (a) that has aconstruction to change the volume of water or aqua media, changes thecontact area between the planar activation structural body I and thewater or the aqua media, wherein the construction is made in such a wayto control the reaction volume of materials by the change of the contactarea between the planar structure I and the liquid that is the water orthe aqua media as well as the water activation apparatus if as shown inFIG. 11 (a).

As shown in FIG. 11 (a) and FIG. 11 (b), the construction that changesthe mutual contact area between the planar activation structural body Iand water or aqua media has an advantage to stop the activation of thewater and the aqua media by completely ceasing contact of the planaractivation structural body I and the water or the aqua media.

The water activation apparatuses 1 h to 1 j as shown in FIG. 12 to FIG.13 (b) force water or aqua media to circulate by a circulation meansthat circulates the water or the aqua media.

The water activation apparatus 1 h as shown in FIG. 12 has aconstruction that has an additional circulation means to the wall sideof the water tank 2 of the present water activation apparatus as shownin FIG. 8.

The water activation apparatus 1 h as shown in FIG. 12 is an examplethat constructs the circulation means with a circulation pump 7P, aninlet 7 in for the water and the aqua media and an outlet 7 out for thewater and aqua media. In this construction, the water or the aqua mediacoming into the inlet 7 in which locates in the lower position on thewall of the water tank 2 is pumped out to the outlet 7 out which locatesin the upper position on the wall of the water tank 2 with apredetermined flow rate.

The flow of the water or the aqua media by using the circulation meansgenerates the forced convection of the water or the aqua media. Sincethe degree of the convection can be adjusted by the circulation pump 7P,the activation rate of the water or the aqua media can be adjustedaccording to the requirements.

The water activation apparatus as shown in FIG. 13 (a) and FIG. 13 (b)has a construction such that the pump 7P that is a circulation means isinstalled in the bottom of the water tank 2. An outlet 7 out for thewater or the aqua media is made in the bottom of the water tank 2 in thewater activation apparatus 1 i as shown in FIG. 13 (a) and an outlet 7out for a drain of the water or the aqua media is made in the wall ofupper position of the water tank 2 in the water activation apparatus 1 jas shown in FIG. 13 (b).

As shown in FIG. 13 (a), a pump 7P is installed in the center of thebottom of the water tank 2 and plural outlets 7 out are made around thepump 7P in the water activation apparatus 1 i. The water or the aquamedia pumped out by the pump 7P is diffused in the water tank 2 in thisconstruction.

The water activation apparatus 1 j as shown in FIG. 13 (b) has a pump 7Pin the center of the bottom of the water tank 2 and at least one outlet7 out of water and aqua media in the higher position than that of theliquid level of the water or the aqua media. Therefore, the water or theaqua media pumped out to the upper liquid level of the water or the aquamedia by the pump 7P overflows into the outlet 7 out and flows out fromthe water tank 2. In this construction, the water or the aqua mediapumped out by the pump 7P is homogenously diffused in the water tank 2of the water activation apparatus 1 j as well as the water activationapparatus 1 i shown in FIG. 13 (a).

The water activation apparatuses 1 i and 1 j that have a pump 7P as acirculation means in the bottom of the water tank 2 as shown in FIG. 13(a) and FIG. 13 (b) not only can increase but also can adjust theactivation rate of the water or the aqua media.

It is preferred that the water activation apparatuses 1 i and 1 j thathave a pump 7P as a circulation means in the bottom of the water tank 2as shown in FIG. 13 (a) and FIG. 13 (b) is applied to the wateractivation apparatus 1 a of which fundamental construction is shown inFIG. 8 (b) wherein the water or the aqua media are activated by passingacross the inside of the activation structural body S.

The water activation apparatus 1 k as shown in FIG. 14 has oscillators 8in parallel to the vertical direction of the planar activationstructural body I (the planar activation structural body S).

It is possible to effectively lead the materials included in the insideof or in proximity to the planar activation structural body I to theenergy concentrated fields, and therefore it is possible to activatewater or aqua media in high efficiency by applying the vibration to theplanar activation structural body I by means of the oscillator 8installed therein. Especially, the water or the aqua media stayinginside of the planar activation structural body I, particularly thegaseous bubbles generated in the process, can be purged therefrom.

As explained in the water activation apparatuses of FIG. 8 to FIG. 14,the combination of the technologies disclosed in the explanations coversthe scope of the present invention. For example, the water activationapparatus that has the fundamental construction as shown in FIG. 8 canhave heating means 4 and the circulation means.

It is possible that the activation structural body that haspredetermined shapes or particles as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 may beset in a lower position or in an upper position of the water tank 2 as afluidized bed construction.

Since water can be activated without applying electricity to the anodesand cathodes as seen in the conventional technologies, the energyconsumption is quite low. It is also possible to prepare theelectrolytic water by a simple construction such that the activationstructural body of the present invention is merely set.

The electrolytic water prepared by using the water activation apparatusof the present invention can be used for various applications as well asthe conventional technologies.

(Water Activation Apparatus (2): Refining Clusters)

As another implementation of the present invention, a water activationapparatus wherein water or aqua media are led to pass through the gapbetween two activation structural bodies is provided. This wateractivation apparatus is mainly the device to refine clusters of water.

FIG. 17 (a) is a perspective schematic that shows an example of thewater activation apparatus regarding the present invention. Theschematics of FIG. 17 (b) to FIG. 17 (d) show the cross sectional viewsafter cutting by the surface A-A.

According to FIG. 17 (a), the water activation apparatus in thisimplementation is constructed with the activation apparatus unit 21 thathas the inlet in and the outlet out of water. An activation part 22comprising at least one of the activation structural bodies is attachedto the outer surface of the activation apparatus unit 21.

This activation part 22 can have various forms as shown in FIG. 17 (b)to (d). In other words, the activation structural bodies (particles,activation structures or planar activation structural bodies) may coverall outer surface of the activation apparatus unit 21 as shown in FIG.17 (b) or a part of all outer surface of the activation apparatus unitas shown in FIG. 17 (c) or the planar activation structural bodies maybe placed on the outer surface of the activation unit with an intervalas shown in FIG. 17 (d). When the planar activation structural bodies isplaced in this interval, each activation structural body can constructan equilateral triangle in the cross sectional view.

The activation part 22 may be formed to cover the whole surface in thelateral direction of the apparatus unit or may be formed from the pluralactivation parts 22 as shown by FIG. 17 (a). Since it is possible torefine the clusters of water without the contact between water andmagnetic metals as seen in the conventional examples by thisconstruction, the metal oxides or metal chlorides derived from themagnetic metals are not dissolved into water.

Since the activation parts composed with the activation structuralbodies are placed outside, the maintenance is easy.

As described, the activation structural bodies can be used foractivation of various materials, and it is possible to manufacture thedevices that activate various materials by using simple construction.Therefore the water activation apparatus by using this activationstructural body is usable for activating various materials withoutconsuming a large amount of energy.

EMBODIMENTS

The details of the present invention will be explained with pluralembodiments; however the present invention is not confined to theseembodiments.

Embodiment 1, Example of Comparison 1

(Manufacturing of Activation Structural Body: Particles)

The particle Si in a globe shape 5-80 micrometers (Max 150(micrometers)) was produced by gas atomizing method and the activationstructural bodies (P1) were manufactured by arranging as shown in FIG. 1(c) in a 300 cc Erlenmeyer flask.

Pouring 300 cc water (at 50 degree C.) into the Erlenmeyer flask, inwhich the activation structural bodies were manufactured, and leaving itin this temperature for an hour, the gas generation and the change ofthe quantity of dissolved oxygen were observed.

As an example for comparison, the particle of Si shown in FIG. 2 (b) wasused (compared structural system (PC1)). The evaluation of gaseousgeneration was done with three categories such as; much generation as“**”, generation as “*” and no generation as “X”. The evaluation ofquantity of dissolved oxygen was done with three categories as very muchincreasing in comparison to the quantities before processing as “**”,slightly increasing as “*” and no change as “X”. The result is shown inTable 3.

(Manufacturing of Planar Activation Structural Body)

Embodiment 2

After processing the anti electrostatic to the activation structuralbody (P1) obtained in the embodiment 1, the planar activation structuresystem (T1) was manufactured by sintering activation structural bodywith the conditions as shown in the following Table 2.

Example of Comparison 2

The compared structural system (TC2) was manufactured by sintering thecompared structural system (PC1) obtained in the example of comparison1.

Example of Comparison 3

A compared structural system (TC3) was manufactured by sintering theactivation structural body (P1) obtained in the embodiment 1 with thesimilar conditions as the embodiment 2 but without anti electrostaticprocess. The compared activation structural body (TC2) has the similarrange of the porosity to that of the activation structural body (T1) ofthe present invention and TC 3 has porosity more than 60%

The physical properties of the planar activation structural bodiesmanufactured in such process as described above are shown in the table 2as below.

TABLE 2 Structural Structural Structural Manufacturing System SystemSystem Conditions (T1) (TC2) (TC3) Sinter Temperature 1300° C. 1300° C.1300° C. Sintering Time 180 180 minutes 180 minutes minutes Sinterpressure 25 MPa 25 MPa 25 MPa Thickness (mm) 0.5 0.5 0.5 Length (mm) 2020 20 Width (mm) 0.5 0.5 0.5 Porosity 45-60% 50-60% 50-60% CrossSectional Shape FIG. 4 (a) FIG. 4 (b) FIG. 4 (c) Presence of Energypresented None presented Concentrated FieldsAs have been clarified by the photos (FIG. 4 (a)-(b)), the activationstructural body T1 has the energy concentrated fields but it isunderstood that the activation structural bodies TC1 and TC2 forcomparison do not have enough energy concentrated fields.

In the next step, the activation structural body T1 manufactured by theabove condition and the activation structure systems TC2 and TC3 wereput in the water activation apparatus (of which volume was 300 cc) asshown in FIG. 8 (a) and the gas generation and the change of quantity ofdissolved oxygen were observed. The evaluation of gaseous generation wasdone with three categories such as; much generation as “**”, generationas “*” and no generation as “X”. The evaluation of quantity of dissolvedoxygen was done with three categories as very much increasing incomparison to the quantities before processing as “**”, slightlyincreasing as “*” and no change as “X”. The result is shown in Table 3.

TABLE 3 P1 PC1 T1 TC2 TC3 Gas Generation * X ** X X Quantity ofdissolved * X ** X X oxygen

From the above results, it can be understood that the water activationwas carried out when the activation structural body (P1 and T1) was useddue to the facts that the large volume of gases was generated andquantity of dissolved oxygen increased. However, no remarks wereobserved for the activation structural bodies used for the comparison.

The analytical results showed the inclusion of hydrogen, oxygen andnitrogen in the generated gases.

(Water Activation)

The water activation was performed by using the apparatus shown in FIG.17. The activation structural body obtained in Embodiment 1 was placedaround the flowing path of 8 mm diameter in an arrangement as shown inFIG. 17 (d) and distilled water was supplied in a flow rate of 0.5meters per minute.

The ultra-violet spectra of the water before and after processing wereshown in FIG. 21. FIG. 21 (a) shows the ultra-violet spectrum of thewater (distilled water) before processing where no remarkable absorptionbands are seen. On the other hand, a remarkable absorption band around200 nm has been observed for the water after processing as shown in FIG.21 (b) (FIG. 21 (c) superimposes the spectra shown in FIG. 21 (a) and(b) for comparing both absorption bands).

According to this result, it can be understood that the water activationis possible by using the activation structural body (the activationapparatus) of the present invention.

The implementations and embodiments of the present invention have beenexplained but the scope of the present invention is not only confined inthose embodiments explained above. For example, the elements or thechemical components that compose the activation structural bodies arenot specifically limited as far as the activation structural bodies haveenergy concentrated fields.

1. A method for activating water, comprising: passing water throughactivation structural bodies formed to create energy concentratedfields, the activation structural bodies being formed by particleshaving a linear dimension in a range of 5 to 80 micrometers withdistribution within a range of 30 micrometers between large particle andsmall particle, the particles being in substantially tetrahedralarrangement, and increasing a quantity of dissolved oxygen in said waterconcurrently, while carrying out the step of passing water through theenergy concentrated fields, wherein said activation structural bodiesare made of particles composed of silicon having at least 90% purity. 2.The method for activating water according to claim 1, wherein saidactivation structural bodies comprise particles having a shape generallyof a globe.
 3. The method for activating water according to claim 1,wherein said activation structural body is a particle bed.
 4. The methodfor activating water according to claim 1, wherein said activationstructural body is in a shape of a plate.
 5. The method for activatingwater according to claim 4, wherein said plate has a thickness between350 and 1500 micrometers.
 6. The method for activating water accordingto claim 4, wherein said plate has a porosity in a range of 45% to 60%.7. The method for activating water according to claim 4, includingcontrolling height of surface level of the water with respect to theplates of activation structural bodies.
 8. The method for activatingwater according to claim 4, including vibrating the plate.
 9. The methodfor activating water according to claim 1, including heating said water.10. The method for activating water according to claim 1, includingcirculating the water.
 11. The method for activating water according toclaim 1, including before the step of passing water through energyconcentrated fields, there is the step of removing foreign materialsfrom the water by one of being aggregated, precipitated or filtrated.12. A method for activating water, comprising: providing activationstructural bodies being formed by particles having a linear dimension ina range of 5 to 80 micrometers with distribution within a range of 30micrometers between large particle and small particle, said particlesbeing in substantially tetrahedral arrangement, the activationstructural bodies having energy concentrated fields; and passing wateror an aqueous media between at least two activation parts defined by theactivation structural bodies, wherein said activation structural bodiesare made of particles composed of silicon having at least 90% purity.13. The method for activating water according to claim 12, including anactivation unit having an inlet and an outlet, said unit also having anouter surface with said activation parts being formed on the outersurface.